2018

Mr. Lionel Aranha, Chartered Accountant & Solicitor, conducted a special session on GST for the I year students. He started the talk by making the students understand what exactly GST is and how does it function and also told about the countries that follow GST. He also explained about how GST differs from VAT and the implications of GST in Indian context. Mr. Aranha explained how to go with this system, its advantages and disadvantages, to the future managers. He also told how wrongly the GST is being implemented and who are the people who are manipulating the system and using it to their advantage. So, the different dimension of GST and how it is going to replace the existing various tax systems in our economy were shown.

Dr. Evelyn Gross from the - Burgundy School of Business, France conducted a workshop on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ on December 21 & 22, 2017 at SDMIMD. The workshop discussed about various ways of imbibing corporate social responsibility. The speaker presented the CSR activities happening in various nations. Dr. Evelyn Gross discussed real-time examples of various kinds of scenarios from France. The workshop was very impactful and gave a new way of thinking about CSR.

SDMIMD is collaborating with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) - Southern Region is organizing a 2-Day Workshop on 'Restructuring and Redesigning the Higher Education Curriculum to Meet Industry Needs'. The workshop is organized as part of Education Initiatives of CII.

For Whom:

Principals, Directors, Deans, HODs and Senior Faculties from the Colleges and Institutions

Objective and Purpose:

The key objective of the workshop is to discuss on curriculum restructuring and redesign and to help higher education institutions gain advantages in ‘producing’ graduates who will meet the changing skill and knowledge demands of the industry. The workshop provides platform to institutions in enhancing learning outcomes; to establish a collaborative, mutually satisfying relationship between the industry and higher education institutions.

The purpose of the workshop is to:

Increased ‘placement’

Upgrade in quality of collegiate education through practice-orientation

Enhancement of faculty competencies through exposure to industry best practices

Industry immersion for students through targeted industry collaboration